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Mike Enzi is a former U.S. Senator from Wyoming, serving from 1997 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Enzi was known for his work on various committees, including the Senate Budget Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. Throughout his tenure, he focused on fiscal responsibility, education reform, and healthcare issues. Enzi was recognized for his collaborative approach, often working across party lines to achieve legislative goals.
I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to executive session to consider Executive Calendar No. 145, and that the Senate proceed to vote without intervening action or debate on the nomination; that following the disposition of the…
I thank the Senator from Colorado for his insights. This is the beginning of a process of eliminating coal mining in the United States. Here is a company that has their permit for 8 years for mining coal, and that permit took extensive…
I rise today to speak about the growing burden of Federal regulations and the need to rein in the creation of new rules and the expansion of existing rules. The regulatory burden in 2014 is reported to be nearly $2 trillion, and the…
I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 9, 2015, at 9:30 a.m., in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING OFFICER…
I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 9, 2015, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________
I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 9, 2015. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. select committee on intelligence
I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 9, 2015, at 10:30 a.m. to conduct a hearing entitled ``Oversight of the Transportation…
I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 9, 2015, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. committee on homeland security…
how does the budget fund defense? That is what we are talking about. The balanced budget resolution recently approved by Congress recognizes the responsibility that the Federal Government has to defend the Nation while recognizing the…
I question whether it is appropriate to use taxpayer dollars to advertise the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as the IRS did by including this mailing with the tax refunds.
They are getting all of our data all of the time, and that is one of the possibilities for a security breach.
this has been an interesting few days as we have seen the Senate operate the way it is probably designed to operate. It is not supposed to be the fastest legislative body in the world. It is supposed to be one that goes over issues slowly…
I thank the Chair, and I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Utah.
I rise to speak about the pending business, which is the trade promotion authority, also known as TPA, adding to the many initials we are throwing around these days. I thought the Senate came to an agreement to move forward on this…
One of the problems that we have around here is our accountability for what we find or fail to find.
If you spend money to feed a hungry child, that is an expense. If you spend money on a war in Iraq, that is an expense.
We should choose them all, because we are better off with all of them than with just one of them.
the purpose of this hearing, of course, was to see if there was a need for budget reform, and I have not heard anybody disagree with that.
It must encourage regular order, predictability, require legislative review, and provide transparency and accurate information for lawmakers and the public.
The EPA's crusade to keep coal in the ground is already costing hundreds of jobs in my State and will cost my State and this country billions of dollars.
The American public knows that Congress is not doing its job, and the institution's approval rating has plummeted as a result.
The Republican solution to that over the years has been to give even more tax breaks to the wealthiest people in this country.
the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are estimated, by the time we take care of our last veteran 50, 60 years from now, to cost between $4 and $6 trillion, all put on the credit card.
$293.5 billion a year that we are spending on things that we have not taken a look at to see if they are worth doing anymore.
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